Wooden stained doors to white?
Sorry I had tried to post before but it did not work. I have a very dark house thanks to mid coloured bamboo flooring and not enough natural light. I have already renovated my kitchen from dark brown to shaker style white and am now wondering if I should paint all our timber doors white to match. The photo attached shows the type of doors I am looking at. I have already used rugs in the dining and lounge rooms to help an have even upgraded my fireplace to white for a grey cement. All in the quest to lighten the house. I already have two solar tube lights and the next step is too costly a massive skylight (our roo trusses would have to be moved) as our current roof structure would not allow for smaller ones - they would be very steep small tunnels. So the question is should I paint these doors white and if so how hard is it to do? There are several of these - any door that leads to the open plan part of the house and the rest (hidden in hallway are the normal white wooden doors. TIA!
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